I finally got around to watching King Kong (2005, Peter Jackson).
While it was a long movie, it wasn’t too long. I did think some the underground battle with the creepy-crawlies on Skull Island seemed to lean unnecessarily toward the “gross-out” side of the special-effects spectrum (or maybe I’m just squeamish?), but all in all, I thought the movie was well done. The connection between Ann Darrow and Kong was believable, in the context of the movie. Jack Black’s Carl Denham was likable and repellent at the same time, and for the right reasons. I’m not going to give it stars or thumbs up (Dammit, Jim, I’m a Systems Analyst, not a movie reviewer!), but if you like action/adventure movies, you’d probably enjoy it.
